As the conflict between Israel and Gaza enters its 39th day, here are the main developments.
Here is the situation on Tuesday November 14, 2023:
Latest news on human impact and fighting
- Israel and Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, have been engaged in heavy urban fighting around Gaza City, video footage released by Hamas shows.
- At least 42 journalists and media workers have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, according to the Journalists Project Committee (CPJ). Among them were 37 Palestinians, four Israelis and one Lebanese. This makes this the deadliest period for journalists since CPJ began collecting data in 1992.
- Around 200,000 Palestinians from Gaza have been displaced south since November 5, the United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.
- It was confirmed on Tuesday that Israeli-Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver was killed on October 7. Silver left Winnipeg, Canada, for Kibbutz Be’eri, near Gaza, in the early 1970s.
Gaza hospitals
- Gaza’s Arab Ahli Hospital, which currently serves more than 500 patients, closed its doors on Monday, as did al-Quds Hospital, citing a lack of fuel to operate medical equipment.
- All hospitals in Gaza could close in 48 hours, Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesperson for Gaza’s health ministry, told Al Jazeera Arabic.
- Gaza’s government media said in a statement that Israel bore full responsibility for the actions against the enclave’s hospitals.
- The statement also accused the army of spreading lies to destroy hospitals. Israel had previously claimed without evidence that Gaza hospitals were used by Hamas to hide weapons and keep prisoners, accusations that Hamas denied.
- Doctors at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis organized a vigil in solidarity with their counterparts at al-Shifa Hospital, surrounded by Israeli forces.
Diplomacy
- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Monday evening: “The international community should put pressure on the Israeli regime to end its military aggression against Gaza.”
- Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with US President Joe Biden on Monday. He called on the United States to “do more to end the atrocities in Gaza.” “A ceasefire is essential for the good of humanity,” he said during his meeting.
- Hours after his appointment as British Foreign Secretary, David Cameron spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. about “the conflict in the Middle East, Israel’s right to self-defense, and the need for humanitarian pauses to allow the safe passage of aid to Gaza.”
- Blinken also responded to criticism from U.S. State Department staff over the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza. He added that forums are being held in Washington, D.C., to hear from members of the department who disagree with the administration’s approach.
- As the current president of the G7 countries and a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Japan must do more to prevent atrocities in Palestine and Israel and ensure accountability before the ICC for serious crimes already committed, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement Monday.
- Rabbis and members of the US Congress demanded a ceasefire in Gaza on Monday evening as hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists occupied a federal building in California.
- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday welcomed Brazilians and Palestinians who left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border and entered Brazil. Lula condemned Israel’s “brutality and violence.”
Attacks in the West Bank
- Israeli forces carried out raids Monday evening in the West Bank town of Tulkarem, killing Mahmoud Ali Hadaida, 25, and Hazem Muhammad Hosari, 28.
- An Israeli bulldozer demolished part of a narrow street in Tulkarem on Tuesday, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. This was followed by a nighttime raid on a refugee camp in the city. Six people were killed by Israeli drones and injured by gunfire. Of the 12 injured, four are in critical condition.